Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.

Winner of seven Academy Awards in 1947: Best Picture (The Samuel Goldwyn Company), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Fredric March), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Harold Russell), Best Director (William Wyler), Best Writing, Screenplay (Robert E. Sherwood), Best Film Editing (Daniel Mandell), and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Hugo Friedhofer).